Intensive diplomatic activity in Cairo
Egypt's assistant foreign minister for European affairs Fathi El-Shazeli received today Christopher Ranter, the manager of the North Africa and Middle East Department in the British Foreign Ministry who is currently visiting Cairo.
El-Shazeli said that they addressed during the meeting all bilateral issues and regional issues of common interest. He said that he assured the British official of Egypt's interest in the consultations between the two countries.
El-Shazeli also received Vladimir Godaiv, the ambassador of Russia in Cairo. After the meeting, El-Shazeli said they discussed the current status of relations between the two countries within Egypt's wish to develop these relations and invest the historical relations between the two countries, regardless of the current economic difficulties and internal developments in Russia.
El-Shazeli also received the Belgium ambassador in Cairo, Gazestone Van Adam. After the meeting, El-Shazeli said they discussed the subjects that will be tackled during the visit of the secretary general of the Belgian Foreign Ministry to Cairo before the end of this year.
They also discussed the arrangements for the visit of the Belgium crown prince to Egypt at the beginning of the coming year at the head of a Belgian business delegation to discuss activation of Belgian investments in Egypt.
El-Shazeli said the meeting also tackled unresolved issues between Egypt and the European Union, at the top of which come product dumping.
El-Shazeli received today the ambassador of Cyprus in Cairo, Lambos Kabsos.
El-Shazeli said the meeting tackled the recent developments in the issue of Cyprus and subjects presented by Turkey and the Turks of Cyprus to find a solution for the problem of Cyprus.
Meanwhile, the assistant foreign minister said he confirmed to the ambassador of Cyprus the Egyptian position backing the UN and the resolutions of the Non-Aligned Summit held recently in South Africa on this problem.
He said that during the meeting they tackled bilateral relations and methods of developing them in different fields.